Military Testimony

October 9, 1985

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — ''If I committed some error, God, who knows the injustice of the charges I face, already has forgiven me.'' Orlando Agosti, former military ruler in Argentina from 1976 to 1983, was speaking to the judges in his trial on charges of kidnapping, torture and murder. Eight other military leaders who governed Argentina between 1976 and 1982 are charged with crimes that allegedly occurred during the ''Dirty War'' against leftists. Agosti, a former air force commander, served in the military junta that ousted President Maria Peron in 1976. Agosti's lawyer, Jose Garona, said his client should be acquitted because there was no evidence that air force personnel had participated in human rights abuses.